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Migrants Have Right to Truth Commission and Reparations for Abuses at US Border
[Family Reunification taskforce] created by Biden’s February 2021 executive order is a necessary but sorely insufficient step toward broader remedies that correspond to Trump-era cases of family separation. The administration’s duty to take these steps is being drastically undermined by its current policies. By Camilo Perez-Bustillo | TruthOut | FEB. 7, 2022 | ... -
Amid Slowdown, Immigration Is Driving U.S. Population Growth
A declining birthrate and pandemic deaths helped drive U.S. population growth to historic lows. But immigration appears to be back on the rise. By Miriam Jordan & Robert Gebeloff | New York Times | FEB 5, 2022 | Photo credit: Stefani Reynolds Overall, 2021 will go down as the year ... -
Forum: U.S. continues to need immigration, despite GOP efforts to block it
"Many of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, making the U.S. a nuclear power and ending the Second World War, were refugees..." Opinion by Jack Bernard | Caller Times | FEB. 4, 2022 | Photo credit: Annie Rice-Caller Times “Secretary Mayorkas has failed to faithfully execute Americas laws ... -
Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants?
Immigration Flashback: A look back at Cardoza Law School professor Peter L. Markowitz's analysis of the power of the Presidential Pardon -- how Obama's missed opportunity lives up to his legacy of cruelty towards Latino immigrants as the Deporter-in-Chief. Opinion by Peter Markowitz | New York Times | July 16, ... -
A year into presidency, criticism over immigration continues for Biden
Immigration supporters say that while they welcomed President Joe Biden’s 2020 election, when it comes to immigration policy, his administration, a year into its first term, has left much to be desired. By Rhina Guidos | Catholic Spirit | FEB. 2, 2022 | Photo credit: Go Nakamura-Reuters “There’s no doubt ... -
Biden sued by 8 states over program that allows Central American children to legally reunite ...
They asked a federal judge to stop a program that legally allows children to reunite with their parents living in the US. By Connor Perrett | Business Insider | JAN 29, 2022 | Photo credit: Kent Nishimura Republican attorneys general in eight states on Friday filed a lawsuit requesting a federal ... -
California to remove Mayan affirmation from ethnic studies after lawsuit argues it’s a prayer
Far-right, fascist organizations have spent several months working against initiatives such as ethnic studies courses and equity training for school staffers. By Kristen Taketa | LATimes | JAN. 18, 2022 | Photo credit: Nancee E. Lewis SAN DIEGO — California is deleting the often-used In Lak’Ech affirmation from its model ethnic studies ... -
L.A. Rep. Esteban Torres dies at 91
The eight-term Congressman was a champion and icon of Chicano Civil Rights and the moment that it spurned in the late 1960s. By Ruben Vives | LATimes | JAN. 27, 2022 | Photo credit: Greg Gibson (AP) A former union leader who served in President Carter’s administration, Torres died of ... -
No, Obama can’t grant ‘amnesty’ by pardoning illegal immigrants
Throwback Thursday: Knowing Trump's racist views lay on the horizon, why didn't Obama pardon Dreamers during his Lame Duck period? By Suzy Khimm | Washington Post | DEC. 6, 2011 | Photo credit: Robyn Beck Over at the Monkey Cage, Gregory Koger suggests that President Obama could use his executive authority to ...
